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piopicles
4/21/2006 3:28:01 PM

sql server replication: Hi,

I currently have log shipping between a production and a reporting server
running SQLServer 2000 but sometimes, because of the transaction log restore,
the users are being disconnected before the report is created. I would want
to change to transactional replication to avoid this problem but I'm concern
about performance on my production server. Is it a good idea to have the
reporting server as distributor and subscriber ?

Also, do I have to remove subscriptions and start them again if I have to
alter one of the replicated tables ?

Thanks in advanced.

Re: Distributor and subscriber ?

Hilary Cotter
4/21/2006 11:14:34 PM

For low loads you should have your distributor on the same server as the
publisher. You can do most schema changes via sp_repladdcolumn and
sp_repldropcolumn.

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Re: Distributor and subscriber ?

Paul Ibison
4/23/2006 9:34:38 PM

These articles should help explain some of the differences between the
proposed methods and some issues when altering articles:
http://www.replicationanswers.com/Standby.asp
http://www.replicationanswers.com/AddColumn.asp
Cheers,
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com
(recommended sql server 2000 replication book:
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602p.html)

Re: Distributor and subscriber ?

piopicles
4/24/2006 12:25:02 PM

Thanks, both articles were great.

I'm still not sure about limitations having the distributor and the
subscriber on the same server but I couldn't find anything against it so I
will try it on my test server first to check how it goes.

Regards,

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